Month: October 2018

Filters, gag... and now smoke screens.
Smoke screens... and now this one is about how our past experiences impact our perception of others. Life experiences colour our lives, and we get wiser as we grow older [as the legend as it].

Before anyone of you get some kinky ideas... No... not in that context! My previous post was about filters, this one is the opposite. I put my words through filters before saying them (self censorship if you prefer); the gag refers to the words I want to get out... those rebel words I want to… Continue reading The Gag

Have you ever been around people who say the most inappropriate things at the most inopportune time? At best, their words make for awkward but funny situations, and at worst, they nearly kill those they are with with shame. We often refer to these people as having no filter between the brain and the mouth.… Continue reading The Filter

It might come as a shock to some people but the last Thursday of November is not unanimously Thanksgiving Day in the entire world. The Canadian Thanksgiving always occurs on the first Monday of October. This statutory holiday is not as big a deal as it is in the USA; no turkey gets a pardon… Continue reading Thanksgiving in Canada